WEBVTT 1 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:21.160 Yeah, morning, good morning and working and welcome, welcome, welcome, 2 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:24.640 meeting. Set time now for our community connection right here on K one, 3 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:29.239 the one you trust. We're talking big brothers, big sisters and big fun 4 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:33.159 because bowling for Kid's Sake is a big deal around here. How are you 5 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:37.280 doing, Charlene, I'm good. Thank you. You brought friends. I 6 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:42.640 did. I brought with us our Both for Kid's Sake twenty twenty four event 7 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:46.600 chair of Kathy Romsburg. How you doing, Kathy? Fantastic, Good to 8 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.359 see you again. Thanks, And I got to tell you this is a 9 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:53.320 lot of fun. This is the season to be rocking those pins and raising 10 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:56.520 some money for Big Brothers, Big Sisters. It is We always look forward 11 00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:00.240 to both for Kid's Sake. It's our largest annual fundraiser and we're looking for 12 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:07.040 eighty eight teams. This year we were on the comeback from the COVID, 13 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:12.760 so we're over that now. So we've got got space at the Red Apple 14 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:21.840 and at the Phillips sixty six lanes for the Phillips for the Phillips and conical 15 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:25.599 Phillips employees. Yeah, their teams, like a lot of them like to 16 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:29.599 bowl at the p sixty six lanes and then the Red Apple. We've got 17 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:33.359 two squads, one on Thursday, March the seventh and one on Friday, 18 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:37.000 March the eighth. Now we keep asking why are we talking about this in 19 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:40.760 early there's a reason for that. We needed teams we do. The registration 20 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:44.959 is this month and our early birds the eighteenth, right, So our early 21 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:49.959 bird resentation to get the most prizes and things is by the eighteenth, but 22 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:53.920 the registration is due by the end of the month. So it's very important 23 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:56.480 that we get all the teams by the end of the month. Alrighty, 24 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:59.799 and how do we how do once we get our teams in agreement, how 25 00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:02.840 do sign up? Well, the first thing you need is team captain. 26 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:07.960 So the team captain needs to go out and register the team, and before 27 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:14.199 the eighteenth of January, those team captains will be entered into a drawing for 28 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:19.120 a one hundred dollars visa car. Nice, right, And so you want 29 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:23.439 to be one of the early burdens. And then once the team captain has 30 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:29.560 registered their team, then they can invite five other people to join them and 31 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:34.439 those people just go out and join that team. And we need all If 32 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:42.000 your team is totally registered with six people and by January thirty first then everybody 33 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:46.080 on the team is in a drawing for one hundred dollars visa car. Well, 34 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:47.800 Kathy, sounds like it's too much fun, and that's all the first 35 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:52.080 bold starts. It is fun. It's you know, the thing that I 36 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:55.159 enjoy about the most, besides obviously giving to a good cause, is it's 37 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:59.919 a fun time that you can go do with your friends, with your coworker, 38 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:02.080 with your church group, with any organization. I mean, you can 39 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:06.159 just gather up some people. You don't even have to like bowling. It's 40 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:08.439 just fun to be there and in the atmosphere. I mean, I'm not 41 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:12.520 a great bowler, but I sure like doing it. It's fun. We 42 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:15.360 have a great time and we went around us in the lanes are having a 43 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:20.520 great time. So some of them develop a trick shots. That's true. 44 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:23.800 I've been I've been told on good authority that some of these shots are actually 45 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:30.360 quite effective and fun. Get the get the somebody to kind of roll it 46 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:36.479 backwards where they're back and facing the pins, and they got a hike it 47 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:39.319 there between their legs and roller down the I've seen the strikes done, not 48 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:46.919 very many often. It is funny to watch. The hot might not be 49 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:50.599 high at all, but the vast majority of people who participate in the fact 50 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:53.439 I have all of the people who participate in both for kid's sake or not 51 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:58.000 regular bowlers. No, so don't be worried. Don't be worried. We 52 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.560 give you a score of one hundred, so don't worry about that. That's 53 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:05.159 what I always aim for, three digits one hundred. But it is a 54 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:09.879 lot of fun. And Kathy said, you know, it can be your 55 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:13.879 work group, it can be a church group, an organization belonged to, 56 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.040 or just a group of friends, your bunko group, your book group, 57 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.680 your book club, people that you just want to go out and have some 58 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:25.639 fun with for the evening and support the cause of one to one Mentoring because 59 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:29.600 this is our largest fundraiser. Our goal is one hundred and fifty five to 60 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:38.319 five for this year and we have our matching gifts again from the company's Conical 61 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:42.560 Phillips, Phillips sixty six, Chevron, Phillips and one Gas are the main 62 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:48.360 companies that match, but we also have a wonderful community organization business that once 63 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:56.800 again is doing our community match, which means that everyone is that that is 64 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:01.879 not eligible for a company program. Matching program is if with a donation of 65 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:08.120 twenty five dollars or more doubles so they will match it up to thirty thousand 66 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:14.279 dollars. So yeah, it's a it's an awesome blessing. Matching money is 67 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:20.800 just tremendous blessing from those companies. And so we really just encourage everyone to 68 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:27.319 get out there, do your minimum twenty five dollars donation and that will double 69 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:35.560 to help your the bowler that you're supporting to reach their goals. So to 70 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:40.399 make it happen, ready to work twice. I like that now, Kathy. 71 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:42.439 I got to ask you this. You know, you got a lot 72 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:46.560 going on. Yeah, and then somebody said, hey, let's have some 73 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:49.560 fun, let's do let's do both for kid's sake. Was that an easy 74 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:54.360 yes? Well, I have fucked, I have bowled, I've been a 75 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:57.879 captain. I bowl with the Phillips seems since I've worked. I work at 76 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:02.759 Phillips now. And so I had been asked, hey, Charlene's probably gonna 77 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:05.639 you know, your name got thrown around and so she might be calling you 78 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:09.879 pretty soon, and I was like, okay, So I was kind of 79 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:13.160 prepared for it. It wasn't like totally all the blue, but honestly, 80 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:18.480 I do feel like I am from here originally, and so I feel like 81 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:25.160 this one on one mentoring program that the Big Sisters or Big Brothers Big Sisters 82 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:30.439 offers is such an empowering and strengthening base for the youth. And the youth 83 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:34.399 really is the future. And so I love this community, and I love 84 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:39.439 being back in Bartlesville, and I love being part of things like this that 85 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:44.959 really help the community thrive. And I honestly think that this one on one 86 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:50.600 relationship building mentoring program helps these youth be more strong, be more empowered, 87 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:54.360 and it just helps It just helps them the long run for the future. 88 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:58.120 Well, I don't think we have to convince you, do we charly tell 89 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:01.920 us it was a he saws out, not to even twist any arms. 90 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:09.279 Hey, Kathy Man, Well, we're really excited to have Kathy as a 91 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:15.879 voice for the campaign, and we're hoping that, you know, people will 92 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:21.319 get their teams registered and start raising money. We have a tailgate party and 93 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:27.639 the board is hosting a tailgate party at Cooper and Mill on January twentieth, 94 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:31.240 and so all of the team captains. All of the team members that are 95 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:38.759 registered by the eighteenth are invited, and the public is invited and come down 96 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:42.920 find out more about Big Brothers, Speak Sisters and both for kid's sake, 97 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:46.800 sign up your team on the on site. Oh wow, so we're real 98 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:51.160 pleased with that. Will have door prizes and such fun things. Well, 99 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:55.439 there you go, still being planned, but still being planned. I like 100 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:57.959 that. You're going to be surprised, folks, and you've gotta like it. 101 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:00.439 Yes, it's two weeks out. You know, we're not in the 102 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:07.560 elemath are yet. It's all good Watcher Watcher, She's KG watcher, but 103 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:13.079 now with Big Brothers, Big Sisters. The big idea behind this, of 104 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.879 course, is, as we mentioned, one on one mentoring with the with 105 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:20.879 youngsters who really could use an adult mentor that shows them, you know, 106 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:24.800 how life can be through a different prism, through a different lens. Right. 107 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:31.000 We served sixty four children last year in match in one to one matches 108 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:35.960 with a mentor, and our goal this year is to add thirty six more 109 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:45.960 matches new matches to that mix. And we have over thirty kids waiting right 110 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:52.799 now, with another probably five or six in the enrollment process. So we 111 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:58.159 really do. Our target is men or couples to match with boys, because 112 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.399 that's what we have the most of, but we always need big sisters as 113 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:05.240 well. We have of the kids that are waiting, I think thirteen or 114 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:09.000 girls. The rest are boys. Okay, very good. And if they 115 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:13.039 want to know more about becoming a mentor, not only can they go to 116 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:15.360 the website, but they can just pick up the phone and call you. 117 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:20.679 She answers the phone. I person first call. I do answer the phone. 118 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:31.080 The The website is Bigoklahoma dot org and my phone number is nine one 119 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:37.600 eight two one three four five two four. All right, very easy to 120 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:39.960 remember, and I want you to commit that to memory. And I want 121 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:46.200 you to also uh uh get yourself with a bunch of friends and get ready 122 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:48.080 to have a good time with both for kid's sake. And also on the 123 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:52.559 website, you've got the just a big section there that goes to it's really 124 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:56.200 its own website. For me. Yes, it's uh BFKS, so think 125 00:09:56.279 --> 00:10:03.399 Bowl for Kid's Sake so BFKS Bartlesville dot org. And there really are two 126 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:07.600 ways to participate. We've been talking a lot this morning about getting a Bowl 127 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:15.000 team together, but we also have virtual fundraisers and virtual and that last year 128 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:22.240 we had eight, our goal this year's ten. We are people who just 129 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:24.840 said, you know, I love the cause, I love the mission, 130 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:30.720 I want to I want to support it, but but for whatever reason, 131 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:35.000 bowling or team isn't kind of where they're at. And so they sign up 132 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:39.480 as a team of one, a virtual team of one. They use that 133 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:48.919 virtual pled sheet to ask the people that in their network to join them and 134 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:54.000 supporting Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and they raise money for the organization and 135 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:58.159 they they yes, they it's so cool that they can do that. So 136 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:01.399 there are lots there are people who are like, you know, I'm over 137 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:07.799 bowling, or I can't bowl for bowling's over me, or you know, 138 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:11.840 the team, I don't think I have time for that or whatever, but 139 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:16.200 they want to support and I would encourage them to go out register as a 140 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:22.519 fundraising team of one and in their team name, just put the word virtual 141 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:28.519 and we'll know that and go ahead and help us raise money because that is 142 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:33.240 an important piece as well. Last year very good. There's gonna be a 143 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:39.960 lot of fun, isn't it. That's right, no pressure. Hey, 144 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:43.320 The best part about it is it's indoors. And I mean at today's weather. 145 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:48.000 I know in March it snowed before, so this is not an outdoor 146 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:50.799 event. Is the best part. It's all indoors. It's all indoors. 147 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:52.960 You're going to stay dry, you're going to stay warm, and you're going 148 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:56.759 to have the company of good friends and friends you've not met yet. You 149 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:00.639 know a lot of people that when they get involved in a big thing like 150 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:03.159 that, and the next thing you know, you know, you're you're seeing 151 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:05.000 people that you haven't seen for a long time or you've never met them. 152 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:09.200 Next thing you know, you got new friends. It is a it is 153 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:13.320 a great thing, and it's for a great cause. It's for big brothers, 154 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:16.679 big sisters. And I want to thank you both for being here with 155 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:18.799 us today. And I want you to be very careful out there. For 156 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:24.240 surely, oh I will be. I know that cannot break anything in the 157 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:30.399 first quarter. There are rules including you. There are rules about health in 158 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:33.759 the first quarter of the area. Well, good luck, and then we're 159 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.360 gonna spread the word. We'll put the story out there on the website here 160 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:41.200 in just a little bit, and we'll make sure that this of course video 161 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:46.240 stays live for a good long time and we'll also put out the podcast as 162 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:50.440 well well. Thank you and we appreciate the opportunity. Well, next time 163 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:52.879 you feel like having some fun, just drop on BUYE. You know we're 164 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:56.919 always open for that. I think I have another appointment with you, pretty 165 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:01.679 sure, because it is national mentoring, see it is. It is all 166 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:05.679 right, thanks again once again our community. Cannection has been brought to part 167 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:07.600 by Arnold Moore in Knecamp Funeral Home.